Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-28 Thread Greg Starkes
Peter S Galbraith wrote: Andrew Hately wrote: Then from /mnt try something like # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - Use the -p option on tar, or be prepared for lots of directories and files with improper permissions (mail problems, etc). I just used cp -a

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-28 Thread Andrew Hately
Seth R Arnold wrote: On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 10:27:31AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - xfp - I forgot etc in the list. Andrew --

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-28 Thread Will Lowe
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 10:27:31AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - xfp - I forgot etc in the list. better: rsync -av / target --exclude=/proc --exclude=anything else

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-27 Thread Andrew Hately
tf wrote: hey guys, I might put in a 6 gig drive in place of the 1.6 gig drive I'm using now. My current installation works fine (its me thats broken!). is there a way that I can copy this hd to the new one? I only have a swap and a root partition on this drive, and will probably want

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-27 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Andrew Hately wrote: Then from /mnt try something like # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - Use the -p option on tar, or be prepared for lots of directories and files with improper permissions (mail problems, etc).

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-27 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 10:27:31AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: # ( cd / ; tar cf - bin boot dev lib sbin usr var ) | tar xf - xfp - -- Seth Arnold |

hd to hd copy?

1999-09-26 Thread tf
hey guys, I might put in a 6 gig drive in place of the 1.6 gig drive I'm using now. My current installation works fine (its me thats broken!). is there a way that I can copy this hd to the new one? I only have a swap and a root partition on this drive, and will probably want to partion the 6

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-26 Thread Tom Pfeifer
me thats broken!). is there a way that I can copy this hd to the new one? I only have a swap and a root partition on this drive, and will probably want to partion the 6 gig drive further... or should I just bite the bullet, and do a fresh install? (I am getting some good practice) --

Re: hd to hd copy?

1999-09-26 Thread Eric G . Miller
There's been some discussion recently of how to move partitions around. You might search the archives. A fresh install is not required! One of the biggest gotchas to moving around your partitions will be modifying your /etc/fstab and LILO so you can reboot properly. First, you'll want